--- "Rod.. Whitworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:22:42 -0800 (PST), patrick ~ wrote:
> > /* Made up example of course */ > >- if (!strcmp(buf,"n/a")) > >+ if (!strncmp(buf,"n/a",3)) > > > > > >Is there a real value in doing this? > >I don't see it. > > > >Can someone shed some light on this > >for me please. > > Are you just trolling? > If not, how come you have not been "looking" in the archives? > Mrs Google can help you too: > http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/search?q=strncmp+openbsd+why My question was meant to be a very general one about why we patch 3rd party software just to replace a standard C function with another one which gives exactly the same result most of the time, and in some instances could give *undesired* results, i.e., may adversely change the behavior of the program. Your suggested google query resulted to nothing useful, other than a page with an awk script counting string function usage in openbsd source code. I wonder if you even bothered to try the link yourself before suggesting it? Someone else, who emailed me in private, was a bit upset that my message lacked any specifics in regard to which port I was referring to. I was trying to keep the question very general and not specific to any particular port. But if you must know I am looking at graphics/p5-Image-EXIF on a 3.7-stable system (my 3.8 CDs are still on my book shelf waiting for me to get around to upgrading a few machines). g'nite, --patrick // don't cc: me. i'm subscribed __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
